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Want to Make a 3D Comic?

Matthew Bogart writes with news of a simple 3D comic he made the old fashioned way: two frames which viewers can merge by crossing their eyes.

Not everyone can see the effect, but when I was a kid I loved making 3D pictures this way using colored pencils and small-grid graph paper, so this made me smile.

These days, the most efficient way to get this effect might be using layers in a program like Photoshop or Illustrator, but anyone, using even the simplest tools, can pull this same trick with a little planning.

I was pleased to hear that others have attempted 3D images free hand. Cross-eyed play has always been fairly easy for me, so I would draw them “free hand” as a young guy. Recently I did a series for a client, in which I created 3D versions of drawings for their web site. Lot’s of fun. The initial viewing “crashed” their server when the newsletter with these images was promoted.